Resources
Childcare by Design develops educational resources to support understanding of the NQS, EYLF and MTOP as listed below.
Expert Consultant
Technical
Dr Brenda Abbey is acknowledged as a childcare content expert in the early education and care sector. She provides/ has provided childcare technical expertise in the following projects:
- DCO Child Care Review - Grosvenor (client Department of Defence)
- Service Development - City of Sydney
- BBF Quality Measure (Governance) Project - Sustineo (client DEEWR)
- Childcare Future Directions Feasibility Study - Maranoa Regional Council
- Bowen Basin Childcare Feasibility Study - Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance
- Defence Child Care Program - WeeWunz (client Department of Defence)
Professional writer
Dr Abbey is the author of Managing compliance in childcare services: The essential guide for Queensland practitioners.
The guide provides an overview of the regulatory environment for childcare services and explains simple and effective strategies for managing the compliance process.
Dr Abbey draws upon her wide-ranging experiences in the industry, including roles as a childcare director, compliance officer and quality validator, to deliver a practical guide that is essential reading for anyone involved in the sector. The book has been considered required reading in many TAFEs and RTOs.
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Articles
Dr Abbey is published regularly in industry journals and periodicals. She authored a regular newspaper column, and wrote modules for Certificate III and Diploma qualifications in Children's Services
Dr Abbey can provide you with quality early education and care articles.
Published articles include:
- Not Just paperwork (Early Edition, Australian Childcare Alliance Queensland, Autumn 2017)
- CCTV in Childcare (Building Blocks, Australian Childcare Alliance Victoria, December 2016)
- Sustain Your Childcare Business (Building Blocks, Australian Childcare Alliance Victoria, 2016)
- Relaxation is a Must (Building Blocks, Australian Childcare Alliance Victoria, 2015)
- The Golden Rule of Copyright (Early Edition, Australian Childcare Alliance Queensland, 2015)
- The Golden Rule of Copyright (Building Blocks, Australian Childcare Alliance Victoria, 2015)
- Quality Educators (Early Edition, Australian Childcare Alliance Queensland, 2014)
- Guiding Children's Behaviour (Early Edition, Australian Childcare Alliance Queensland, 2014)
- Code of Ethics for Parents? (The Monthy Crier, Child Care Centres Association of Victoria, 2014)
- Behaviour Guidance - Relating to Children (Childcare Insight, Childcare Association of WA, 2014)
- Reflective Practice (Early Edition, Childcare Queensland News, 2013)
- Reflective Practice (Childcare Insight, Childcare Association of WA, 2013)
- Bring the Outside In (Early Edition, Childcare Queensland News, 2013)
- Reflective Practice (The Monthly Crier, Child Care Centres Association of Victoria, 2013)
- Bring the Outside In (The Monthly Crier, Child Care Centres Association of Victoria, 2013)
- Bring the Outside In (Childcare Insight, Childcare Association of WA, 2013)
- Collaborative Partnerships with Families and Communities (Early Edition, Childcare Queensland News, 2013)
- Collaborative Partnerships with Families and Communities (Belonging, Australian Childcare Alliance, 2012)
- Learning Stories (Early Edition, Childcare Queensland News, 2012)
- Learning Stories (Childcare Insight, Childcare Association of WA, 2012)
- Relaxation is a Must (Early Edition, Childcare Queensland News, 2012)
- Relaxation is a Must (Childcare Insight, Childcare Association of WA, 2012)
- Promoting Awe and Wonder in Children (Childcare Insight, Childcare Association of WA, 2012)
- Promoting Awe and Wonder in Children (Early Edition, Childcare Queensland News, 2012)
- Programming & Documentation to meet the EYLF (Early Edition, Childcare Queensland News, 2011)
- Using Built and Natural Environments (Intouch, QCAN, 2011)
- Managing Compliance (Childcare Business Matters, Issue 7).
- EYLF: Putting it into Practice (Early Edition, Childcare Queensland News 2010)
- Respecting Diversity in our Multicultural World (Playing to Learn, 2010)
- Reviewers Give their Reasons for Discontinuing with the NCAC (Rattler 57, 2001)
Editorials - "EYLF Encounters" Early Education News
- Creating Indoor Learning Environments
- Outdoor Play Spaces
- Flexible Learning Environments
- Learning Environments to Support Collaborative Partnerships
Editorials - "Child's Play" Kawana Life
- Discipline or socialisation
- Parents' role in skill development
- Movement means learning
- Protecting our children
- Build confidence at an early age
- Taking the preschool step
- Starting on school's path
- Help your child learn to care for others
- Small talk, big things
- Speech and language
- Those early steps
- Committing to caring
- The best place for sick children is at home
- Be smart be sunsmart
- Make their lunch healthy
- Turning the pages of childhood
- Anger - It's only natural
- Help children learn to write
Other Resources
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